showed a trendP = 0.05
Higher thyrotropin showed a trend toward increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in younger (<72 years) participants (1.31, 1.00–1.72; P = 0.05), whereas an opposite trend was observed in elderly (≥72 years) (0.77, 0.56–1.06; P = 0.11) (Table 3 and Fig. 2a, b ).